30 Jun 1955
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Newspaper
Arizona Daily Sun
Location
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1955
Page
1
Mixed reactions greet recent estun sioa civil defense tests. Critics call the spectacle silly while supporters see value in showing protection against A and H bombs. A U S city scale ruin scenario is cited to urge caution and preparedness amid political tension.
The article outlines that about 458084 are expected to vote in a county referendum on wheat marketing quotas. If two thirds approve, violators face penalties and price supports rise to 76 percent of parity. If less than one third approve, penalties vanish and supports drop to 80 percent. Experts warn overproduction and political risk loom.
A fragmentary Blythe area note details kinfolk visiting Oak Canyon, Dry Creek, and Deadman Point, with travels to Oklahoma City. It lists relatives from Dallas and California, surgeries and hospitalizations, and a Maryville style family gathering with deer sightings and lessons on steel mitac.
A collage of letters and notes from Winslow highlights visits from Rev Hugh Trawat to Bradshaw Mountain youth camp, Mrs G M Anderson and Rose returning from Kansas City, Missouri, and Claborne Texas, plus family trips to Denver and Albuquerque. The article mentions Womans Missionary Society activities at First Baptist, youth training talks by GA members, and several local residents visiting relatives or spending vacations with family.
A devotional piece by Roy L. Smith cites 11 Corinthians 12 to urge spiritual growth amid illness, fatigue, and pain. It highlights endurance, courage, patience, and steadfast purpose as paths to greatness despite limitations and personal trials.
Deserts July issue highlights Shine Smith, missionary to Navajo Indians, with a Fred Glimpse article recounting a desert meeting near the Arizona Utah border. Ed Elfinger directs Sedona cover art and writes on Sedona’s peaceful climate drawing artists and film interest, plus Antoinette Smith noted.
A Santa Fe report states a New Mexico suit seeks a preliminary injunction to halt Sunday horse racing, filed by Rev. Walforst Bendy Finch of Bill e Baptist Church Albuquerque. Attorney General says the 18% law bans disturbances of religious activities on Sundays amid the dispute. Lake Michigan note appears as unrelated regional detail.
At the turn of the century only four per cent of the nation's 2 year olds attended college, illustrating limited early higher education access and growth trends in that era.
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